UK Offices for Community and Common Transit Procedures
Summary
HM Revenue & Customs has updated the list of UK offices for Community and Common Transit procedures. The latest update on March 13, 2026, includes new data fields, removes non-live ports, and provides updated contact details for traders and customs officers.
What changed
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has updated its guidance document listing UK offices designated for Community and Common Transit procedures. The most recent update, dated March 13, 2026, incorporates new data fields for office of incident, specific notes, and contact details, while also removing ports that are no longer active. This guidance is intended for traders to identify convenient customs offices for starting and ending transit movements, and for HMRC and Border Force officers to ascertain office opening hours.
Regulated entities involved in international transit procedures should review the updated list to ensure they are using the correct designated offices. While this is a guidance document and does not impose new direct obligations, traders must ensure their transit movements commence and conclude at the offices specified in the updated list to maintain compliance with customs regulations. No specific compliance deadline is mentioned, as this is an informational update to existing procedures.
What to do next
- Review the updated list of Community and Common Transit UK offices to identify any changes affecting your operations.
- Ensure all transit movements commence and conclude at the designated offices as per the updated guidance.
Source document (simplified)
Guidance
Community and Common Transit UK offices list
UK offices where movements under the Community and Common Transit procedures can start and end.
From: HM Revenue & Customs Published 8 December 2014 Last updated 13 March 2026
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Details
The list of Community and Common Transit UK offices is for traders who deliver goods to customs offices and want to know where the most convenient customs office is.
It is also used by HMRC and Border Force officers who want to know the opening hours of customs offices.
Find out which ports are using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Updates to this page
Published 8 December 2014 Last updated 13 March 2026 show all updates
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13 March 2026
The file 'List of Community and Common Transit UK offices' has been updated with new data fields for office of incident, specific notes and contact details for all offices. Ports that are no longer live have been removed.
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22 October 2024
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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29 April 2024
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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28 November 2023
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated to include more detailed office opening hours.
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25 March 2022
The contact information for Sheerness port has been added to the Community and Common Transit UK offices list.
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31 January 2022
The CT Office Code for Sheerness sub-office has changed from GB000093 to GB000150 on the list.
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26 January 2022
The opening times for the Aberdeen office have been updated on the Community and Common Transit UK offices list.
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20 January 2022
Information about the new Scottish main offices has been added to the Community and Common Transit UK offices list.
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14 January 2022
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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11 January 2022
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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2 November 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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19 October 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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4 August 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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3 June 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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1 June 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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22 April 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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26 March 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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22 January 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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12 January 2021
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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23 December 2020
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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16 June 2020
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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20 April 2020
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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24 February 2020
The Community and Common Transit UK offices list has been updated.
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8 December 2014
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